Posted by Civilian Sair Songz (Counselor) in Main sim Sickbay (Secondary Timeline)

Posted by Gamemaster Wookius Furrius (Senior Gamemaster) in Main sim Sickbay (Secondary Timeline)

Posted by Civilian Sair Songz (Counselor) in Main sim Sickbay (Secondary Timeline)

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Sair took in the readings with the stoic professionalism of the doctor she was. The physician’s mask was no different than her therapists mask and she used it judiciously here. What she was seeing was really no different than a brain injury that caused the brain to rewire itself in order to bypass damage, but in this case, the ‘damage’ was actually an active area that had selectively de-aged.

She simply nodded and moved over to Brian, offering him a smile. “I’m going to run the same scan on you Brian and compare them now.”

~Sair Songz, CNS

“Scan away doc,” Brian said.

Setting up the scanner, Songz initiated the test and waited.

With Brian, there were the same three - one about the premotor area of the frontal lobe, the cerebellum and the occipital lobe.
The difference was that the concentration was greater, but that in the cerebellum where it spiked out, the spike was more invasive and touched on other regions of the brain, principally those affecting the physical rather than mental areas.
Wookiee

OOC: Am I dropping into this thread after being beamed off the planet? ~ Kate
OOC: Much different timeline - this is earlier so it can be continued. there is no overlap and this is a different focus - Gene

OOC: Fixing my accidental split.
IC:
Sair studied the results, comparing them to Nancy’s. Clearly there was some degree of variation and it wasn’t an exactly predictable phenomenon. “Computer, run an analysis of the cellular residue and run the results through the database, flagging any similar matches.” Was this entirely new or had someone encountered something similar? If so, it might give her a clue as to how to reverse the issue.

~Sair Songz, CNS

There were few similarities found in the computer logs of things causing aging artificially that did not have a medical condition or something ‘virus’ related. One response did come through =^= 2267. USS Enterprise. Chief Medical Officer Leonard McCoy. Radiation induced aging caused by a comet was reversed by an adrenaline variant. No such tests had been done to increase age. =^=
- Wookiee

Sair loosely knew about the name of the ship but beyond that it was not common knowledge for her like it was other people. She frowned, thinking over the mechanism for the aging. Radiation could cause alterations to DNA and RNA and impact cell production and even turn off and on certain genes. It could inhibit cellular repair and cause premature aging. It sounded rather familiar, actually.

But what would cause cells to reverse the process? She moved back to Brian and Nancy. “Okay, hypothetical question. If we can alter cells and trigger premature aging by exposure to radiation, we could trigger the right set of genes to reverse the process. But that is a specific action leading to a specific outcome. Could this radiation exposure with these times waves be that specific trigger?”

~Sair Songz, CNS

Brian looked blank on that question. His response was a perhaps reflexive act of scratching the back of his neck. Nancy however dove in on that, leaning in. “Most radiation that prematurely ages is random, not unlike this, but it is almost like an old shotgun being fired or a phaser on wide spread. You don’t know what you’re going to hit or really what is going to happen. People react to radiation differently, likely from their genetics, but also because even a narrow radioactive beam takes in a LOT of cells and area.” She chewed on her bottom lip. “We saw the randomness of the effects with this wave. I got younger. Brian aged. Some weren’t affected at all. I have no doubt that the radiation exposure did it. And it looks to be affected by certain brain areas as though the radiation focused itself there like some kind of treatment, or at least lingered there, or something.” She made a face of ‘maybe’? “Is that what you are getting at?”
- Nancy

Sair just did not have answers. She understood Kobliad genetics in relation to their illness and that allowed her to be a part of the team that figured out how to use the original illness to concoct a cure, but this was an entirely different thing, wasn’t it? She rubbed her face. “I don’t know.” She stared at the brain scans hoping something would make sense. She then flipped to the the record the computer mentioned, hoping to glean something useful.

“Adrenaline was used before, when there was this rapid aging. But I don’t think that’s going to work here because we’re dealing with different effects. Well, it could. But we use hyronalin now as a radiation treatment. Maybe using it on the cells directly in a more concentrated form might repair the cells. I think it’s time to run a simulation,” Songz said, patting Nancy’s arm and moving over to the larger display.

She had the computer do a side by side comparison of both Nancy and Brian’s affected cells. “Computer apply a 200% concentrated hyronalin dose to the cells and display projected effects.”

~Sair Songz, CNS

=^= Working =^= The display showed effects based both on historical logs where doctors had given greater than normal doses to patients, along with hypothetical projections.

What showed in the end was that earlier high doses revealed an alteration in cellular structure with mild to moderate rejuvenation of the cells. Later higher dose models did not show this rejuvenation. Recovery from radiation poisoning was 48% faster with higher doses, though cellular structures in the more modern formulations showed healing to the cells but no noticeable change to the cells.

“It’s almost like the newer hyronalin is more focused. It heals the cells but just that,” Nancy said, leaning over and looking at the results as well.
- Wookiee